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what age for sticker charts?

lnlelnle
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My crew is two years old now (!). We are still working on the transition to toddler beds, and coming up in the next 6mo-year we'll be working on ditching the pacis and doing potty training. At what age do you think kids are able to really understand sticker charts/reward systems? Of course my kids are brilliant Stick out tongue but I wonder if they would get the delayed gratification part of earning enough stickers for a prize, or if just the immediate reward of the sticker would be enough for them, or whether they would get it at all. I guess I could just try it and see how they react - I'd love to give them more incentive to stay in their beds and sleep through the night. I'm curious about when you started doing this type of reward system for your kids.
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  • GuitaristsGirlGuitaristsGirl
    No answer, but I've been wondering the same.  I know that, for now, my DS (2 and a month) is just now getting the concept of a reward in the car immediately after leaving somewhere (ie the grocery store)- that's as delayed as we get around here for now, but it had helped so far!  Will be watching for responses of even more delayed gratification like stickers for a treat...
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  • GypsyEsqGypsyEsq member
    We used a sticker chart for potty training about two months ago. Worked great. DD saw a toy she wanted on YouTube, I told if she pp'd in the potty and filled up a paper with sticker she could have it. We quickly made a chart with about 25 boxes, she peed, placed a sticker and we were off. It took a little over a week for her to fill it. If she peed and didn't ask for a sticker we let it go. We did the same for poop. Worked as well. I think the real key is she really wanted that game (UNO Moo btw, great game). 
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  • muppet.fanmuppet.fan member

    We used a sticker chart a few months ago -- maybe at 2.5 yo -- to help get Elizabeth to wake up and get dressed without whining/throwing a fit. It worked great!

    The key for us was to make a BIG deal each time she got a sticker. And we only made her get 5 stickers before she got the reward. We drew an empty box for each day on the chart so she could visually see how many she needed and we counted them each morning when she put a sticker on. The reward was something she chose -- a trip to get ice cream.

    Once she made it through that first week and got the reward (and we made a big deal out of taking her for the ice cream), she still liked to put a sticker on the chart each day, but she didn't need any further reward -- the sticker was enough. Good luck!

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  • brideinOCbrideinOC

    I think they're old enough for the stickers and then start gauging when they'll be ready for a delayed prize.  When my stepchildren were in preschool, they got either a green light, yellow light or red light depending on their behavior and they understood that.  In Claire's daycare, our daycare mom has traced their hands.  Each day that they stay on their nap mats (her biggest struggle with the kids these days), they get a star on a finger.  If they get 4 or more, they get a prize out of the "treasure chest o'crap" as I call it. 

    Good luck! 

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  • lnlelnle
    great ideas, everyone - thanks!
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